We've learned that the toddler who was found by strangers after the shooting in Highland Park lost both of his parents. A GoFundMe has been started to help his grandparents
Both parents of a 2-year-old child were killed in Monday's mass shooting during a July 4th parade in Highland Park.
Kevin McCarthy, 37, and Irina McCarthy, 35, were among the seven people were killed during the mass shooting. Their son, Aiden, was separated from his parents during the chaos. CBS 2's Jackie Kostek spoke to a couple who took Aiden in during the chaos of the shooting. Dana and Greg Ring found the child with a stranger."She was physically shaking, her whole body," said Dana Ring."Which told us that ... she shouldn't be having to hold, and/or deal with a little one at the same time."Greg Ring said he looked back up from beside the couple's car to search for the boy's parents.
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